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Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill

  • Written by Robert Gudmestad, Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University
imageTubman, left, with a few of the former slaves she helped escape. Bettmann/Getty Images

The Biden administration has revived a plan to put Harriet Tubman on the US$20 bill after Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary delayed the move.

That’s encouraging news to the millions of people who have expressed support for putting her face on the bill....

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